In October, our family traveled to Tennessee to both visit Uncle Eric and also to camp and hike in Smokey Mountain National Park. One day we drove around the Cade's Cove Loop. For those of you who have never been, this is by far the busiest place in the park. It's an 11 mile loop drive, chuck full of 1800's Homesteads and Churches open for exploration. But one of the real attractions of Cades Cove Loop drive is that it's one of the most common places in the Park to see bear. Our family was very excited to see the bear. But before we could drive through the park, we had to stop in the picnic area for lunch! 
Here's a great photo of Ian and Shelley outside one of the homesteads.
For some reason Shelley became fascinated with all the old barns. They all had unique shapes that suited their purpose. And since they were hand built long before machines were used, Shelley also loved how "un-square" some of them were. See Exhibit A.
Daphne didn't enjoy the part of riding in the car driving behind other cars. But she loved when we stopped to look at another house! 
Just look how cute she is!
It took several hours to drive through the Cades Cove Loop, and we all drove home very saddened...not a single bear sighting that day!!
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